We were one of the ones “audited”, and it didn’t go beyond the “mail more documentation” in phase.
Nearly everyone that year was audited, but it wasn’t terribly onerous. It did, of course, delay the badly needed replenishing of funds. One consequence of the tax credits is the overnight massive increase in agency and attorney fees.
Things do get more complicated if (for whatever reason) you do not have an SSN for adoptee. You have to go and get an ATIN (Adoptive Taxpayer Identification Number).
RE: Things do get more complicated if (for whatever reason) you do not have an SSN for adoptee
How does an adoptee from a foreign country acquire an SSN? You’d have to apply for the child right? How long does it take to get one?